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or was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Mimasaka''" in .〕 Mimasaka bordered Bitchū, Bizen, Harima, Hōki, and Inaba Provinces. Mimasaka was landlocked, and was often ruled by the daimyo in Bizen. The ancient capital and castle town was Tsuyama. During the Edo Period the province was controlled by the Tsuyama Domain. Mimasaka is the home of the samurai Miyamoto Musashi, the author of ''The Book of Five Rings''. ==Historical record== In the 3rd month of the 6th year of the ''Wadō'' era (713), the land of ''Mimasaka no kuni'' was administratively separated from Bizen Province. In that same year, Empress Gemmei's ''Daijō-kan'' continued to organize other cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara Period. In ''Wadō'' 6, Tamba Province was sundered from Tango Province; and Hyūga Province was divided from Osumi Province.〔Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 〕 In ''Wadō'' 5 (712), Mutsu Province had been severed from Dewa Province.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mimasaka Province」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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